Eurovision 2015: live tweet-a-thon

When asked, I always say I’m a fan of Eurovision – but what I really mean is I’m a fan of everything that goes with Eurovision. Picking a team, dressing up, getting drunk, tweeting along with the internet – it’s like being in on a big private joke!

I’m not particularly engaged/interested in the music – some songs are great, most are forgettable, and some are laughably, cringe-inducingly bad. But therein lies the fun! So this year my friends and I had a live-tweet Eurovision party, complete with snacks from participating countries (spain – salsa; france – bread and cheese; russia – vodka). As one tweeter put it, Eurovision is one of like the top five things Twitter was invented for, and this year Twitter did not fail to disappoint.

After the excellent news of Ireland passing the same-sex marriage law earlier in the day (what a great day for gays!), Kirsty was certain that they had the competition in the bag. Except… they didn’t quality this year. 🙁

A few songs in, we were greeted with the UK’s tragic entry (Electro Velvet – Still in Love with You). This drew criticism from the group, as we noticed that the lyrics were a bit creepy and possessive.

The first half ended with what turned out to be the winning song, Heroes by Måns Zelmerlöw (Sweden). It was a good song with the best staging of the night, though a lot of people were tweeting about how homophobic Måns was following his comments about gay sex being unnatural.

I loved Latvia’s entry (Aminata – Love Injected). It was one of the only entries this year that I’ve listened to since the show. Wailing lady singer with a prominent piano accompaniment – what more could I want?

And with that it was all over! We agreed that it was a decent year, but not as strong as previous years.